Management Seminar
Code
2300
Academic unit
null
Department
null
Credits
3,5
Teacher in charge
Carlos Alberto Alves Marques
Teaching language
English
Objectives
The Management Seminar aims to introduce master students to Management practices in enterprises, namely 'best practices' in different sectors of activity, in order:
Prerequisites
N/A
Subject matter
To foster knowledge on diversified of management practices;
To apply and confront academic learning with real and practical enterprises contexts;
To develop critical and analytical perspectives on management contingencies;
To challenge students to generate new and innovative ideas which can fit in management practices;
To provide a global and integrated vision of management strategies, plans, implementation and results.
Bibliography
Daft, R.L. & Samson, D. (2009) - Management. NY: The Dryden Press (4th Ed.).
Kotler, P. & Keller, K. (2007) Marketing Management. NJ.: Pearson Prentice Hall (3rd Ed.).
Grant, R.M. (2005) Contemporary Strategy Analysis. Oxford: Blackwell Publ. (5th Ed.).
Chase, R., Jacobs, F, & Aquilano, N. (2006) Operations Management for Competitive Advantage. Boston: McGraw-Hill (11th Ed.).
Noe et al. (2015) Fundamentals of Human Resource Management. Boston: McGraw-Hill (3rd Ed.)
Teaching method
During the Seminar, students have the opportunity to be introduced to a 'management best practice' of a corporation/organization of reference. The session conducted by a top manager follows the structure bellow:
1. Business and Organizational context;
2. The company/organization presents its management strategy or certain features of its finance, operations, human resources and/or marketing practice;
3. The corporation presents the practices implementation and discusses the lessons learned;
4. The students are asked to think about the practices and present their own perspective through an individual written report.
Evaluation method
The Seminar will not be validated if the students miss more than ONE Session.
At the end of the Sessions (from 21h00 to 21h50), each student does a small Report (1 page).
The Session Report is structured according three issues:
1. Main issues analysed.
2. Strengths of the case or practices.
3. Recommendations for improvements and/or suggestions.
The final grade in the Management Seminar takes in account:
Sessions Participation: (30%)
Individual Reports: (70%)